Name: GSG Impact Summit Series. Part 2: Boosting Capital Flows in Emerging Markets
Start: 22/09/2022 11:00 AM +00:00
End: 22/09/2022 03:30 PM +00:00

The Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) is an independent global steering group promoting sustainable development and advancing education in impact investment. The GSG was established in 2015 as the successor to, and incorporating the work of, the Social Impact Investment Taskforce established under the UK&rsquo;s presidency of the G8. The GSG&rsquo;s National Advisory Boards (NABs) currently cover 35 countries. It has established strategic partnerships with leading global organisations such as UNDP and the Impact Management Project. The GSG brings together leaders from finance, business, philanthropy and governments to drive a shift towards impact economies.&nbsp;

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MacArthur Foundation

Omidyar Network

Skoll Foundation

Hewlett Foundation

IKEA Foundation

Wietlisbach Foundation

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UKaid The IMPACT Programme

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Laurie Spengler, CEO and Founder of Courageous Capital Advisors and lead author of the G7 Impact Task Force&rsquo;s Workstream B report, <a title="Mobilising institutional capital towards the SDGs and a Just Transition" href="https://www.impact-taskforce.com/workstreams/workstream-b/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mobilising institutional capital towards the SDGs and a Just Transition</a> kicks off the day&rsquo;s event with an MC Welcome, calling to mind key themes and messages from the action-oriented capital mobilisation workstream.&nbsp;
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Krisztina Tora

Laurie Spengler

MC's welcome

In 2018, South Africa became the first African member of the Global Steering Group for Impact Investing (GSG). Since then, the South African National Advisory Board for Impact Investing has bolstered government efforts by facilitating knowledge, exchange, and access to resources.
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With an Opening Keynote from Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environmental Affairs of the Republic of South Africa, we&rsquo;ll hear why the market for impact investing in South Africa and across emerging markets is as hot as ever and how the country is delivering on the $8.5 billion Just Energy Transition Partnership, a shining example of how impact investing can be leveraged to support global development while yielding attractive returns for investors.
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Barbara Creecy

Opening Keynote: South Africa: Impact Investing for a Just Transition

What does it mean to pursue a Just Transition? Through concrete examples, panelists from around the world will show how they are channeling capital to advance climate and environmental action; improve socioeconomic distribution and equity; and increase community voice.&nbsp;
 The panel will also reference the Impact Investing Institute&rsquo;s forthcoming Just Transition finance criteria as well as the pioneering members of its JT Finance Challenge.&nbsp;
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Nazmeera Moola

Charlotte Gardes-Landolfini

Elizabeth Boggs Davidsen

Cliff Prior

Panel Discussion 1: Just Transition - How to Deliver

How are end users and beneficiaries helping to shape impact investments and advance progress toward achievement of the UN SDGs?
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Through a series of short dialogues, we&rsquo;ll hear examples from Brazil, Sierra Leone, and the UK of how investors and investees are working together to ensure end-user and end-beneficiary concerns, needs, and perspectives are brought to bear in shaping and delivering new impact investment opportunities in Latin America and Africa.&nbsp;
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<li>Stephanie von Staa, Founder and CEO Oya Care in conversation with Murilo Johas Menezes, Managing Partner, CIO, Positive Ventures</li>
<li>Mila Lukic, Bridges Investment Management in conversation with Tufnell Pratt, Rising Academies Network</li>
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 This installment of NAB voices was made possible thanks to support from the Brazil National Advisory Boards and the Education Outcomes Fund (EOF).
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Alejandro De León

Carmen Correa

Carlos Andrés Holguín

Agustin Vitorica

NAB Voices: Investors & Investees in Dialogue, Part 1

Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein, CEO and Chairman of LGT Group, a private banking asset management group with $300 million AUM explains why he strongly believes that well-executed impact investing strategies will create superior returns.
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Prince Max von und zu Liechtenstein

Lightning Keynote 1: Impact Investing: What Is Achievable?

Moderated by Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investment Institute, the UK National Advisory Board (NAB) for Impact Investing, we&rsquo;ll hear from pension and sovereign wealth fund representatives from Africa and Asia on how their organisations are addressing structural and operational barriers head-on to mobilise greater impact capital at scale.&nbsp;
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Nicholas Khaw

Mabatho Seeiso

Sarah Gordon

Panel Discussion 2: Asset Owners: The Key Point of Leverage

The G7 Impact Task Force reports, as well as a number of other recent publications, have called on MDBs and DFIs to increase their level of engagement and the amounts pledged toward blended finance solutions.
 Through a discussion led by Bertrand Badre, CEO and Founder of Blue Like an Orange Sustainable Capital with the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the CEO of British International Investment (BII), we will look at opportunities for MDBs and DFIs to step up their engagement in blended finance solutions.
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Odile Renaud-Basso

Nick O'Donohoe

Bertrand Badre

Fireside: The Role of DFIs and MDBs in Boosting Capital Flows 

Citing the critical role asset allocators play in shaping long-term outcomes for society and the environment, Mr. Trevor Manuel, Chairperson of Old Mutual, among the largest financial services groups in Africa, calls on institutions to consider a new vision for the deployment of capital.&nbsp;
 By joining together to deploy impact capital to emerging markets at a rapid pace, Mr. Manuel reminds investors that they can unlock upwards of $1.1 trillion, while promoting 85 million new jobs on the African continent.&nbsp;
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Trevor Manuel

Lightning Keynote 2: What It Takes to Bring More SDG and Just Transition Products to Market

Promoting sustainable cities and communities is one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals established by the United Nations in 2015.&nbsp;
 Through a look at impact-driven real estate and infrastructure deals and strategies applied in developed and emerging markets - including place-based investing, infrastructure in remote and rural areas, and informal settlements - investors will explain how they are working to address a wide array of unmet needs while promoting solutions that ensure more equitable access to opportunity and economic development.&nbsp;

Charlie Jacques

Fernando Murillo

Hlompho Vuyo Ntoi

Shami Nissan

Richard Brandweiner

Breakout 1: Impact Investing Across Asset Classes - Infrastructure & Real Estate

The labelled bond market - green, social, sustainable, SDG and other labelled bond products - topped $200bn in the first quarter of 2022, despite unfavourable conditions for fixed income securities.&nbsp;
 In this panel, we&rsquo;ll hear from the sovereign, corporate, and financial actors who will explain what makes these debt instruments so sought after. Panellists will also share approaches for ensuring issuers are transparent and accountable for the critical social and environmental outcomes they set out to achieve.&nbsp;

Sonja Haut

Cristobal Gamboni

Fabienne Michaux

Breakout 2: Impact Investing Across Asset Classes - SDG & Sustainability-Linked Debt Instruments

Experts are forecasting a global boom in private equity (PE) assets by mid-decade. And yet, less than one-fifth of PE assets under management are invested in emerging markets. With global momentum for the asset class growing, what are the prospects for private equity and venture capital investment in emerging markets? What are the barriers? What are the compelling deals and business models? What new innovations are coming from global fund managers?
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Attend this panel to find out about all this and more from leading fund managers working in Africa, Asia, Europe, and LATAM.&nbsp;

Cilia Holmes Indahl

Matt Robinson

Fernanda Lima

Rodrigo Villar

Breakout 3: Impact Investing Across Asset Classes - Private Equity and Venture Capital

Amal-Lee Amin, Managing Director and Head of Climate Change at British International Investment (BII) will explain some of the policy approaches and catalytic investment models that governments, DFIs, and private investors are pursuing to enable the transition to climate resilient economies. Ahead of COP27 in Egypt, Ms. Amin calls on peers to join BII in signing up for the Just Transition Finance Challenge, which she sees as "the next frontier of ESG investing", the missing piece "helping to bring together the social and the environmental dimensions of the climate agenda."&nbsp;
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Amal-Lee Amin

Lightning Keynote 3: Accelerating adaptation and resilience to climate change in emerging markets

Blended Finance includes a range of tools, including subordinated capital, guarantees, insurance, securitisation, local currency financing, performance data and information, and partnerships.
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Hear from panelists designing proven blended and innovative finance models and approaches deploying capital at scale. We&rsquo;ll answer together:
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<li>Who are these instruments designed for?&nbsp;</li>
<li>What can they achieve?&nbsp;</li>
<li>How do they leverage mainstream institutional capital into areas and projects that are needed most?</li>
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Manfred Schepers

Philippe Valahu

Alessandra Nibbio

Anne-Marie Chidzero

Panel 3: Mobilising Capital at Scale - Innovative Impact Investment Instruments

SMEs in Africa account for up to 70% of employment and 40% of GDP across the continent. However, only 1 in 5 of those businesses have access to financing through local banks.&nbsp;
 Through a panel moderated by Drew von Glahn, Executive Director of the Collaborative for Frontier Finance, we&rsquo;ll hear from leaders from the Ghana, Nigeria, and Zambia National Advisory Boards for Impact Investing who are designing catalytic investment vehicles empowering local pension funds, banks, and investors to channel more capital to local small and growing businesses. We&rsquo;ll also hear recent learnings from the MacArthur Foundation on their pioneering market-building efforts in emerging markets.
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Hamdiya Ismaila

Toyin Sanni

Drew Von Glahn

Dr. Austin Mwape

Urmi Sengupta

Panel 4: NAB-led Initiatives in Emerging Markets for Mobilising Capital

How are end users and beneficiaries helping to shape impact investments and advance progress toward achievement of the UN SDGs?
 Through a series of short dialogues, we&rsquo;ll hear examples from Ecuador, Uruguay, and Spain of how investors and investees are working together to ensure end-user and end-beneficiary concerns, needs, and perspectives are brought to bear in shaping and delivering new impact investment opportunities in Latin America.&nbsp;
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<li>Alejandro de Le&oacute;n, CEO, Microwd in conversation with Carmen Correa, CEO, Pro Mujer</li>
<li>Carlos Andr&eacute;s Holgu&iacute;n S&aacute;nchez, CEO, Insotec in conversation with Augustin Victorica, Founder and Co CEO GAWA Capital&nbsp;</li>
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 This installment of NAB voices was made possible thanks to support from the Uruguay and Spain National Advisory Boards.&nbsp;
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Stephanie Von Staa Toledo

Murilo Menezes

Tuffnel Pratt

Mila Lukic

NAB Voices: Investors & Investees in Dialogue, Part 2

Sir Ronald Cohen will draw conclusions from our discussions and set out the way ahead.
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Sir Ronald Cohen

Closing Keynote: The Way Ahead

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MC's Closing remarks

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